Features

• Savannah Economic Development Authority Establishes $2K Technology Workforce Incentive

  June 10, 2020

  The Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA), which attracts investment, creates jobs and supports established businesses in Savannah and Chatham County, Ga., has established a new Savannah Technology Workforce Incentive.

• COVID-19 Strategies for Savannah Not-for-Profits

  June 09, 2020

  These are extremely challenging times for Not-for-Profit (NFP) organizations everywhere. The ways that NFP organizations support their clients and members are rapidly changing. Expenses continue, but the revenue needed to support programs and services has been severely impacted, if not halted.

• Coalition of Georgia Businesses Urge Passage of Hate Crimes Legislation

  June 09, 2020

  Georgia Power, along with a coalition of leading Georgia businesses, have signed a letter asking the Georgia General Assembly to support, approve and sign into law a comprehensive, specific and clear bill against hate crimes.

• Custom Audio Video on Being an Essential Business

  June 08, 2020

  This year has been extraordinary, and almost daily there is a new challenge we must overcome in our lives and our business. These past few months have changed so much about the way we operate in nearly every part of our lives. For Custom Audio Video, these changes have been met with excitement as we strive to help our clients overcome these new challenges.

• GMA Executive Director Larry Hanson: Leadership in a Time of Crisis

  June 08, 2020

  As we navigate through these unprecedented times, I continue to be so impressed by the leadership and dedication of our city officials. Our cities and those who lead them have adapted quickly and successfully and uncovered new ways of conducting business, delivering services and protecting the public and employees.

• Survey: Boards Face Growing Challenges & Sharp Divide Over Pandemic's Impact on Sustainability

  June 08, 2020

  New survey results show that most US public company boards have stepped up their efforts in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, but shutting down businesses may have been the easy part.

• Georgia Voting Adapts: Surges Past 1 Million Vote Milestone

  June 05, 2020

  Georgia voters have cast over 1 million ballots with less than one week to go until the June 9 statewide elections. Even as COVID-19 has complicated elections in other states, the office of the Secretary of State and local elections officials have maintained numerous different avenues for Georgia voters to exercise their right to vote.

• U.S. Chamber Launches National Initiative to Address Inequality of Opportunity

  June 05, 2020

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced a national townhall on June 25th as part of an ongoing initiative to address inequality of opportunity through education, employment, entrepreneurship, and criminal justice reform.

• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Bay Street Realty Group Acquires Cora Bett Thomas Realty

  June 04, 2020

  Bay Street Realty Group, a Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchisee based in Beaufort, SC, announced today they have formally acquired one of Coastal Georgia’s leading real estate firms, Cora Bett Thomas Realty.

• Delta Will Block Middle-Seat Selection, Cap Cabin Seating Through Sept. 30th

  June 04, 2020

  Delta is extending our commitment to make more space for safer travel by continuing to block the selection of middle seats and capping seating in every cabin through Sept. 30, 2020.

• Small Business Employment Shows Slight Improvement in May, But Remains Near Historic Low

  June 03, 2020

  The latest Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch shows that employment growth improved slightly in May, up 0.25 percent, as stay-at-home orders eased in most states.

• Georgia Southern’s Q1 2020 Economic Monitor: Pandemic Slams Regional Economy, Outlook Remains Murky

  June 02, 2020

  Governmental response to the pandemic shuttered much of the regional economy toward the end of the first quarter of 2020, stated Michael Toma, Ph.D., Fuller E. Callaway professor of economics, in Georgia Southern University’s Q1 2020 Economic Monitor. Economic growth ground to a halt as seven of the eight indicators of current economic activity in the region fell. Significant declines were recorded in airplane boardings, hotel sales and port activity.

• Savannah Harbor Deepening Sets Precedent; Four Dredges Working Simultaneously

  June 02, 2020

  The deepening of the Savannah harbor has set a new precedent with four dredges working simultaneously, the Army Corps of Engineers announced.

• Georgia Departments of Education, Public Health Release Guidance for Safe Return to in-person Instruction in Fall 2020

  June 02, 2020

  The Georgia Department of Education and Georgia Department of Public Health are releasing Georgia's K-12 Recovery Plan – guidance to help schools plan for a safe return to in-person instruction in fall 2020.

• Cabretta Capital Marks Five Years, Reflects on Key Community Projects

  June 01, 2020

  Cabretta Capital, a specialty finance firm with expertise in structured tax credit equity funds, is commemorating its fifth year since launching its boutique financial firm in Savannah, Ga., and bringing together the area’s leading group of experts in capital and investment strategies through federal and state tax credit programs.

• Making Money Moves: Secretary Raffensperger Announces Next "She Leads" Tele-Town Hall

  June 01, 2020

  Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is pleased to announce that She Leads, his office’s women’s investor education program, will be hosting another tele-town hall titled, “Making Money Moves.” The hour long event will take place on Wednesday, June 3rd at 11 am.

• GPA Commissions First Nine Mason Mega Rail Tracks

  May 29, 2020

  Georgia Ports Authority's Mason Mega Rail project, in the works for more than four years and designed to expand service to the Southeast and Midwestern U.S., has passed a major milestone. GPA has put into operation the first nine of 18 new working tracks, with its first two rail-mounted gantry cranes to be commissioned in June.

• FFCRA Leave Documentation: What Businesses Need to Know

  May 29, 2020

  Now that businesses are reopening and recalling employees, some employees will be requesting paid leave pursuant to the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA). Businesses need to know what documentation they can and cannot request from employees requesting leave, and what documentation the business should maintain.

• Georgia Power Customers to See Approximately $10 Reduction in Monthly Summer Bills

  May 29, 2020

  The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved Georgia Power's plan to reduce its fuel rates by 17.2 percent and total billings by approximately $740 million over a two-year period. This reduction will lower the total monthly bill by approximately $5.32 for the typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month beginning June 1st..

• Georgia Tech’s Economic Development Research Program Selects City of Woodbury for Revitalization Initiative

  May 29, 2020

  The Economic Development Research Program (EDRP) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is working with Woodbury, a community in West Georgia’s Meriwether County, under an agreement to help a coalition of civic and business leaders develop a strategic assessment plan to guide the city’s economic development efforts.

• Registration Is Now Open for Georgia Tech-Savannah’s Leading Well Workshop Series

  May 28, 2020

  Georgia Tech-Savannah is excited to open registration for their highly anticipated Leading Well leadership workshop series, designed to take tomorrow’s leaders to the next level.

• Researchers Study Teleworking Effects during COVID-19

  May 28, 2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing protocols resulted in many workers conducting business from home, altering the environments in which they work at a moment’s notice and allowing organizations to continue their operations.

• Southern Company Announces Transition to Net-zero Carbon Emissions Goal

  May 28, 2020

  Southern Company moved to a long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

• Survey of 14,000 Travelers Shows Domestic Travel is About to Boom

  May 28, 2020

  While most travel has been put on pause because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a May 2020 survey indicates new travel trends lean toward domestic travel. As industry leaders, AirportParkingReservations.com and ParkSleepFly.com reveal what the next step may look like for travelers.

• GDOT Awards Nearly $113.5M in Construction Contracts for April

  May 27, 2020

  Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) awarded 19 construction contracts for statewide transportation projects totaling $113,519,873.

Older Newer